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Meike Nixdorf, born 1976 in Mainz, Germany, is a Berlin based photographer and artist. She has a background in science and was educated in photography and video at the International Center of Photography during her three year stay in New York, 2005-2008. She is an award winning photographer who´s work has been exhibited internationally. She was featured in a juried group exhibition at the Darmstadt Photography Festival, Germany, 2010, and took part in the FotoFest Houston Reviews 2010 where her work was acquired for the Joaquim Paiva Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Early 2011 her work was on view at the International Center of Photography, New York, in a group exhibition curated by Amy Arbus, “Moment of Recognition”. In September 2011 her work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, as part of the exhibition “Photographs – The Joaquim Paiva Collection”, a selection of 69 international artists including photograpers like Diane Arbus, Ansel Adams, Edward Ruscha, Grete Stern and Martin Chambi.
Recently Meike was nominated for the Second Edition of 2011 HEY, HOT SHOT by Jen Bekman Projects, New York.
Photographer, Artist, Writer, Mentor
Currently lives in Berlin
Guest lecturer with the Art Department, Land Art 2007
University of New Mexico, Alburquerque, USA
Producer & Freelance Camera Assistant, New York, USA 2005 - 2008
Fulltime & Freelance Camera Assistant and Studio Manager, Germany 2001 - 2005
Research Assistant to Professor Richard Carson 1999 - 2000
Motor Control Research Programm, School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Australia
Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Since 2010
Bachelor of Science Psychology
Photography and Video Classes with Robert Blake, Amy Arbus, Allen Frame & Jesal Kapadia
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 1999 - 2000
Studies in Marine Biology and Human Movement
University of Tuebingen, Germany 1995 - 1999
Studies in Biology, Geography and Sport Science
Jen Bekman Projects, New York
AOP Photographers Award 2009
Association of Photographers, London, UK
Nominee Photography Masters Cup 2009
International Color Awards, USA
Nominated for The 10 Best Young Photographers In America 2006
American Photo, USA
AOP Photographers Award 2005
Association of Photographers, London, UK
Academic Exchange Scholarship 1999
University of Queensland, Australia | Awarded by the Bureau of International Affairs, Tuebingen, Germany
"In the Meantime" 2007
Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, Germany
Curated by Luiz Camillo Osorio, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
curated by Amy Arbus | Rita K. Hillman Gallery, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Exhibition room of the Photo Festival Darmstadt, House of Literature, Darmstadt, Germany
Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie | Photo Festival Darmstadt Germany
"Sehnsucht nach Meer" 2009
Photofestival Zingst, Germany
AOP Awards Exhibition 2009
AOP Gallery, London
"Spielart" 2008
Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, Germany
"Luxus" 2008
Visual Gallery, Photokina, Cologne, Germany
"Living Exposure" 2006
Bonhams, London, UK
"Wild" 2006
Visual Gallery, Photokina, Cologne, Germany
"Capture" Selected works by AOP Photographers 2006
AOP Gallery, London, UK
"Capture" Selected works by AOP Photographers 2005
AOP Gallery, London, UK
AOP Awards Exhibition 2005
Royal Horticultural Halls, London
"Capture" Selected works by AOP Photographers 2004
AOP Gallery, London, UK
DIGITAL-FOTOGAFIE.US 2011
Interview with Ben Moll on my recent projects and photography in general
OBVIOUSMAG.ORG 2011
Article by Luis Soares on photographic projects which deal with the themes of memory, featuring my project "In the Meantime".
Image from the series "The Point of View"
The series "The Point of View"
Photographer # 227 | February 15, 2011
The series "Once, I Left The World Behind"
The series "The Point of View"
Catalog, Photography Festival Darmstadt, Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie e.V., Darmstadt
The Photographers Awards Book 2009
The Association of Photographers, London
Horizonte Zingst, das photofestival 2009
CQ Communication GmbH, Hamburg
Fotosommer 2007 2007
Edition Braus
The Photographers Awards Book 2005
The Association of Photographers, London
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58 A, 1249-1263
Mon-Williams, M., Tresilian, J.R., Bell, V.E., Coppard, V. L. Nixdorf, M. & Carson, R.G. (2005). The preparation of reach to grasp movements in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr. Klaus Mapara, Private Collector
Eibelstadt, Germany